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• Toyota, Intel, others to form auto big data consortium

  10-08-2017 22:35
  (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp , chipmaker Intel Corpand other technology and auto companies are forming a consortium to create an ecosystem for big data used in connected cars, the Japanese automaker said on Thursday.
  
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• Feds might force table-saw makers to adopt radically safer technology - Ars Technica

  10-08-2017 22:18 via arstechnica.com
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  Feds might force table-saw makers to adopt radically safer technology
  Ars Technica
  In 2015, 4,700 people in the US lost a finger or other body part to table-saw incidents. Most of those injuries didn't have to happen, thanks to technology invented in 1999 by entrepreneur Stephen Gass. By giving his blade a slight electric charge, his ...and more »
  
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• Europe is on the brink of another renaissance, with technology at its heart - Telegraph.co.uk

  10-08-2017 22:18 via telegraph.co.uk
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  Europe is on the brink of another renaissance, with technology at its heart
  Telegraph.co.uk
  In the US today, the public markets are brimming with venture-backed high growth technology companies. Indeed, of the top 10 US companies by market cap, no fewer than half of them – Apple, Alphabet (Google), Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook – have ...
  
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• Why Technology Is Important For Malaria Elimination - Reliefweb

  10-08-2017 22:14 via reliefweb.int
  Why Technology Is Important For Malaria Elimination
  Reliefweb
  More than 3 billion people- nearly half the world's population- are at risk for malaria, a preventable disease spread by mosquitoes. Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), are one of the most effective tools in preventing malaria and reducing deaths. From ...
  
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• Microsoft Surface devices fail on reliability: Consumer Reports

  10-08-2017 21:22
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The breakage rate for Microsoft Corp’sSurface devices is significantly worse than for other manufacturers' laptops and tablets, Consumer Reports said, adding that it was removing its "recommended" designation for Surface products.
  
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• Global Defence Technology: Issue 78 - Naval Technology

  10-08-2017 18:22 via naval-technology.com
  Naval Technology
  Global Defence Technology: Issue 78
  Naval Technology
  In this issue: Autonomous systems for frontline resupply, electric hub-drive technology for armoured vehicles, the F-35's arrival in Europe, how to turn an air force base into a 'smart base', the future of littoral warfare and more.and more »
  
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• Calculating the value of technology start-ups - Phys.Org

  10-08-2017 16:50 via phys.org
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  Calculating the value of technology start-ups
  Phys.Org
  Researchers at Oxford University have developed a novel way of determining the value of new technologies in the information and communications sector, filling a significant gap in existing methods and potentially creating a decision-making tool for ...
  
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• HRD TV - Human Capital

  10-08-2017 16:00 via hcamag.com
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  Human Capital
  HRD TV brings you closer to the industry's most influential leaders and thinkers. Click on the videos below to watch the interviews: Technology, performance & bottom line results. HR teams across Australia are slowly replacing their manual processes ...
  
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• Microsoft unveils technology to speed up blockchain and its adoption - Reuters

  10-08-2017 15:01 via reuters.com
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  Microsoft unveils technology to speed up blockchain and its adoption
  Reuters
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) is working on technology that it believes can make blockchain-based systems faster and more private, as it looks to speed up use of the distributed database software by enterprises. The company said on ...
  Microsoft Developing Technology to Make Blockchain Widely AdoptedTheStreet.comall 35 news articles »
  
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• Sadiq Khan’s Not-Spot Team to tackle digital connectivity in London

  10-08-2017 14:30 via computerweekly.com
  Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced a package of measures designed to boost digital connectivity around London
  
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• Sydney's Cockatoo Island home to world-leading drone technology - 9news.com.au

  10-08-2017 12:36 via 9news.com.au
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  Sydney's Cockatoo Island home to world-leading drone technology
  9news.com.au
  There's little movement these days among the cavernous sheds that mark Cockatoo Island besides the multitude of seagulls and the occasional group of tourists. But as the giant cranes that helped create one of the busiest maritime construction centres ...
  
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• Picnic takes a bite out of Dutch supermarket sector

  10-08-2017 12:00 via computerweekly.com
  The Netherlands has the highest supermarket density in the world, yet a technology company has been able to gain market share from the established order
  
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• CIO interview: Daniel Gebler, chief technology officer, Picnic

  10-08-2017 12:00 via computerweekly.com
  The Netherlands has the highest supermarket density in the world, yet a technology company has been able to gain market share from the established order
  
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• New in Windows security: Automatically log off suspicious users

  10-08-2017 11:59
  The Cloud App Security subscription service will boot users off the network, and out of apps and services, at the first sign of anomalous behavior.
  
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• AGL’s digital investment begins to pay off

  10-08-2017 08:50
  AGL’s $300 million, three-year digital transformation program is already delivering results for the energy company, it said today.
  
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• The tangles of technology - ABC Online

  10-08-2017 08:24 via abc.net.au
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  The tangles of technology
  ABC Online
  We live in a world where technology is accelerating. It changes our lives far more rapidly than it has ever done before. Can we resist it? Should we? Is there room for what professor Margaret Somerville calls the "yuck" factor to help us make ethical ...
  
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• Why Airtasker is adopting Australia Post's 'Digital iD' technology: “You need to create trust between people rather ... - SmartCompany.com.au

  10-08-2017 07:34 via smartcompany.com.au
  SmartCompany.com.au
  Why Airtasker is adopting Australia Post's 'Digital iD' technology: “You need to create trust between people rather ...
  SmartCompany.com.au
  Sydney-based startup Airtasker has signed on to use Australia Post's 'Digital iD' technology as a way to securely verify users' identities, as it continues its efforts to build trust and transparency within its platform. Existing identity verification ...
  
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• LaunchVic pulls partnership with 500 Startups in wake of sexual harassment scandal

  10-08-2017 06:39
  ​LaunchVic – the Victorian government’s $60 million startup fund – has announced it is ending its partnership with global accelerator 500 Startups
  
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• Scientists Hack a Computer Using DNA - MIT Technology Review

  10-08-2017 06:01 via technologyreview.com
  MIT Technology Review
  Scientists Hack a Computer Using DNA
  MIT Technology Review
  Malware can be encoded into a gene and used to take over a computer program. by Antonio Regalado; August 10, 2017; A researcher holds up a vial containing a malicious computer program stored as DNA. In what appears to be the first successful hack of a ...and more »
  
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• Former farmer looks to improve agriculture in developing nations using technology - ABC Online

  10-08-2017 05:50 via abc.net.au
  ABC Online
  Former farmer looks to improve agriculture in developing nations using technology
  ABC Online
  Social researcher Jeromy Kavi uses a tablet to conduct baseline research in Papua New Guinea. (Supplied: Conor Ashleigh/ACIAR). Share. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share on WhatsApp; Print; Mail; Other share options. Reddit · Tumblr ...and more »
  
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• Former farmer looks to improve agriculture in developing nations ... - ABC Online

  10-08-2017 05:50 via abc.net.au
  ABC Online
  Former farmer looks to improve agriculture in developing nations ...
  ABC Online
  A farmer who sold his property to help other farmers in developing nations says technology and data sharing can improve outcomes.and more »
  
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• Facebook schools politicians on social network security

  10-08-2017 04:33
  ​Facebook today gave federal politicians a lesson on how to stay secure on the social network.
  
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• Researchers reveal crosstalk USB security threat

  10-08-2017 04:05
  USB connections are prone to leaking data, according to a group of researchers from the University of Adelaide.
  
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• Flinders University gets its first CIO

  10-08-2017 03:42
  The University of Adelaide’s deputy chief information officer, Kerrie Campbell, has moved across to Flinders University. Flinders announced today that Campbell will join the university on 11 September as its first CIO.
  
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• Government agrees to tweak telco security legislation

  10-08-2017 03:12
  Passage of legislation implementing the ​Telecommunications Sector Security Reforms (TSSR) is one step closer, with the government today announcing it has accepted all the recommendations of a related inquiry held by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS).
  
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• “Ice battery” air-con technology set to cool Australian homes – and peak power demand - RenewEconomy

  10-08-2017 03:11 via reneweconomy.com.au
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  “Ice battery” air-con technology set to cool Australian homes – and peak power demand
  RenewEconomy
  US-made thermal “ice battery” energy storage technology that could dramatically change the way people cool their homes in summer – potentially cutting household peak power consumption by up to 95 per cent – is poised to take on the Australian market, ...
  
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• Virgin Australia begins in-flight Wi-Fi rollout

  10-08-2017 02:36
  Virgin Australia plans to offer in-flight Wi-Fi on the majority of its domestic and international routes.
  
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• AWS just proved why standards drive technology platforms - TechCrunch

  10-08-2017 01:09 via techcrunch.com
  TechCrunch
  AWS just proved why standards drive technology platforms
  TechCrunch
  When AWS today became a full-fledged member of the container standards body, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, it represented a significant milestone. By joining Google, IBM, Microsoft, Red Hat and just about every company that matters in the ...and more »
  
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• Kollakorn Corp signs deal to expand its technology offering - Proactive Investors Australia

  10-08-2017 01:07 via proactiveinvestors.com.au
  Proactive Investors Australia
  Kollakorn Corp signs deal to expand its technology offering
  Proactive Investors Australia
  Kollakorn Corp (ASX:KKL) has signed a teaming agreement with Driver Design Studio Limited (DRVR) to benefit from each other's products, customers and ASEAN country concentric relationships. The major activity of Kollakorn is the implementation of its ...and more »
  
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